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Cia Dope Calypso - Poem by Allen Ginsberg

In nineteen hundred forty-nineChina was won by Mao Tse-tungChiang Kai Shek's army ran awayThey were waiting there in Thailand yesterday

Supported by the CIA

Pushing junk down Thailand way

First they stole from the Meo TribesUp in the hills they started taking bribesThen they sent their soldiers up to ShanCollecting opium to send to The Man

Pushing junk in Bangkok yesterdaySupported by the CIA

Brought their jam on mule trains downTo Chiang Mai that's a railroad townSold it next to the police chief's brainHe took it to town on the choochoo trainTrafficking dope to Bangkok all daySupported by the CIA

The policeman's name was Mr. PhaoHe peddled dope grand scale and howChief of border customs paidBy Central Intelligence's U.S. aid

The whole operation, Newspapers saySupported by the CIA

He got so sloppy and peddled so looseHe busted himself and cooked his own gooseTook the reward for the opium loadSeizing his own haul which same he resold

Big time pusher for a decade turned greyWorking for the CIA

Touby Lyfong he worked for the FrenchA big fat man liked to dine & wenchPrince of the Meos he grew black mudTill opium flowed through the land like a flood

Communists came and chased the French awaySo Touby took a job with the CIA

The whole operation fell in to chaosTill U.S. intelligence came in to Laos